Anaal Nathrakh gives Cattle a run for their money (not that much money though) with a more blackened take on chaotic grind with some hardstyle electronic influences thrown into the mixhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51W4dGmlWq4

If I were to make a post, however, it would probably cover roughly the same albums - Anaal Nathrakh and A Forest of Stars have been fantastic.

I found the new Winterfylleth to be enjoyable, despite not making it onto my short-list - it sounds like the album they were always aiming at, but this time properly fulfilled. The new Wodensthrone was great, although I've not listened to it as much - a worthy follow up to their first album.

Ketzer released what may well be one of my favourite black-thrash albums in a while, in the form of Endzeit Metropolis, which is technical, has superb leads, and really goes to places that black-thrash doesn't always go.

You missed quite a nice year...Wintersun´s "okay" comeback album, Carach Angren´s masterpiece, Baroness experimentation, The great Rush masterpiece of the last decade and some really nice albums that you can check on "2012 favourites thread"